| Description |
96 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Methuen's modern plays |
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Methuen modern plays.
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| Summary |
In the Prologue, delegates from two collective farms in the Caucasus meet to decide which shall take over a valley devasted by Hitler's armies. After their discussion a local singer and his musicians entertain them with the story of the Chalk Circle, which is the play proper. The first part describes a revolt in feudal Georgia and the flight to the mountains of Grusha, a servant girl, with the Governor's small son who has been abandoned in the panic by his mother; in the second part a drunken village clerk, Azdak, is made a judge by the rebellious soldiers and tries the case. The paly was written in America in 1944-45 and was first performed there in English. The first performance in Germany was in 1954 in a production by Brecht, with his wife helene Weigel as the Governor's Wife |
| Notes |
Translation of: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis |
| Subject |
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
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German drama -- Translations into English.
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German drama -- Translations into English.
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German drama -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Kaukasische Kreidekreis.
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| LC no. |
64047135 |
| ISBN |
0416630502 |
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